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Pandora FMS is an open source application that can be used to monitor anything online like:

if a website is up or down

if the content of a website is changed (deface control or when value of a stock changes..)

diskspace or CPU usage of a remote server (via SNMP or TCP/IP)

& many more..

Pandora FMS can run on any operating system, with specific agents for each platform, getting the data and sending it to a server.

You can get real-time reports for every monitor & have them sent to an e-mail adrdess.

It can also send notifications of events via e-mail, SMS or Jabber (MSN, GTalk..) to the desired users.

P.S. To mention, Pandora FMS is not a simple script to install. It is made up by several shellscript files (UNIX/Linux Agents), a Web application in PHP (Console), some code in C++ (Windows Agent), some code in PERL5 (Server) and some structure and data in SQL (Database).

What is BannerSnack?

It provides all the features you may need:

High-quality text & image effects

Ability to control all aspects of effects & objects (durations, sizes..)

Predefined templates (or you can create from scratch)

After creating a banner, you can embed the link provided by BannerSnack to display it. This way, you can update the banner anytime from the online banner maker application without updating your website’s code again.

Or, you can export the generated banner to a SWF file & upload it to your website (very soon).

JavaScript, with the rise of Ajax, is definitely a must-know-well for every web designer/developer.

Besides form controls, alerts & similar simple JavaScript usage, you can almost do anything with the help of JavaScript (& Canvas). Some samples are:

Drag’n drops

Animations

CSS manipulations, Ajax & more.

And there are JavaScript libraries which make them easier like jQuery, MooTools, Prototype, etc.

For any developer looking for advanced JS techniques, games are a real treasure.

You can easily see examples of animations, interactivity, smart solutions for browser related math functions & so.. And they are definitely a source of inspiration as you sometimes face with a feature that you never thought could be existed.

Also, this is the last month of a busy year & every web designer/developer deserves some fun : ).

So, here are 25 amazing (sometimes not the game itself but how beautifully it’s done) JavaScript games that you’ll love.

Appcelerator Titanium (now known as TideSDK) is an open source platform that enables you to create rich desktop applications with web technologies like HTML, CSS, Javascript as well as Flash and Silverlight.

Appcelerator SDK is used to create applications or any third-party Ajax library / framework can be used too.

Tip: To make it clear, it is very similar to Adobe AIR but open source.

Titanium also comes with a simple command-line interface (CLI) for creating projects and packaging them into an executable.